<varlistentry>
<term><command>status</command></term>
- <listitem><para>Show current system hostname and related information. If no command is specified,
- this is the implied default.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Show system hostname and related information. If no command is specified,
+ this is the implied default.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-hostname <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
+ <term><command>hostname</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
- <listitem><para>Set the system hostname to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By default, this will alter the
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the system hostname. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ system hostname to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By default, this will alter the
pretty, the static, and the transient hostname alike; however, if one or more of <option>--static</option>,
<option>--transient</option>, <option>--pretty</option> are used, only the selected hostnames are changed. If
the pretty hostname is being set, and static or transient are being set as well, the specified hostname will be
name labels), or a sequence of such labels separated by single dots that forms a valid DNS FQDN. The
hostname must be at most 64 characters, which is a Linux limitation (DNS allows longer names).</para>
- <para>Pass the empty string <literal></literal> as the hostname to reset the selected hostnames to
- their default (usually <literal>&FALLBACK_HOSTNAME;</literal>).</para></listitem>
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-icon-name <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
+ <term><command>icon-name</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
- <listitem><para>Set the system icon name to
- <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. The icon name is used by some
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the icon name of the system. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ icon name to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. The icon name is used by some
graphical applications to visualize this host. The icon name
should follow the <ulink
- url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
+ url="https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
Naming Specification</ulink>.</para>
- <para>Pass an empty string to reset the icon name to the
- default value, which is determined from chassis type (see
- below) and possibly other parameters.</para></listitem>
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-chassis <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></command></term>
+ <term><command>chassis</command> [<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>]</term>
- <listitem><para>Set the chassis type to
- <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>. The chassis type is used by
- some graphical applications to visualize the host or alter
- user interaction. Currently, the following chassis types are
- defined:
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the chassis type. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ chassis type to <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>. The chassis type is used by
+ some graphical applications to visualize the host or alter user interaction.
+ Currently, the following chassis types are defined:
<literal>desktop</literal>,
<literal>laptop</literal>,
<literal>convertible</literal>,
<literal>container</literal> for virtualized systems that lack
an immediate physical chassis.</para>
- <para>Pass an empty string to reset the chassis type to the
- default value which is determined from the firmware and
- possibly other parameters.</para>
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-deployment <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable></command></term>
+ <term><command>deployment</command> [<replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>]</term>
- <listitem><para>Set the deployment environment description.
- <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable> must be a single word
- without any control characters. One of the following is
- suggested:
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the deployment environment. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ deployment environment to <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>.
+ Argument <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>
+ must be a single word without any control characters. One of the following is suggested:
<literal>development</literal>,
<literal>integration</literal>,
<literal>staging</literal>,
<literal>production</literal>.
</para>
- <para>Pass an empty string to reset to the default empty
- value.</para>
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-location <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></command></term>
+ <term><command>location</command> [<replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable>]</term>
- <listitem><para>Set the location string for the system, if it
- is known. <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable> should be a
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the location string for the system. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ location string for the system to <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable>.
+ Argument <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable> should be a
human-friendly, free-form string describing the physical
location of the system, if it is known and applicable. This
may be as generic as <literal>Berlin, Germany</literal> or as
specific as <literal>Left Rack, 2nd Shelf</literal>.</para>
- <para>Pass an empty string to reset to the default empty
- value.</para>
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
- privileged operations.</para></listitem>
+ privileged operations.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<listitem><para>If <command>status</command> is invoked (or no explicit command is given) and one of these
switches is specified, <command>hostnamectl</command> will print out just this selected hostname.</para>
- <para>If used with <command>set-hostname</command>, only the selected hostname(s) will be updated. When more
- than one of these switches are specified, all the specified hostnames will be updated. </para></listitem>
+ <para>If used with <command>hostname</command>, only the selected hostnames will be updated. When more
+ than one of these switches are specified, all the specified hostnames will be updated. </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v195"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="json" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
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